CALMLY Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

calmly

adverb

Definition of calmly

as in coolly

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Recent Examples of calmly Lock, who is in his eighth NFL season, calmly faked a handoff on fourth-and-1, jutted to his left and located Smith-Njigba, who did the rest with his legs. — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Haaretz says Netanyahu responded calmly, insisting Israel was prepared and the greater threat lay in the West Bank, while his office now brands the report an ‘absolute lie’ and rejects calls for an inquiry. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, Philo calmly operated Faulkner’s system as the OC dialed up plays for his former backup at Georgia Tech. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026 As the deli’s surveillance video rolled, his client went from calmly standing at the counter with a bottle of Gatorade to staggering to the floor, clutching his leg and tearing at his pants. — Alison J. Stein, HubSpot, 1 Sep. 2026 Instead of tossing and turning, grab a book, do some doodling or even just get up and pace slowly — the idea is to calmly wind yourself down again. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 1 Sep. 2026 In the episode when the Duffys visit Harvard, Paloma’s older sister Evita calmly notes that she herself was canceled for her beliefs while attending University of Chicago. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026 Trump’s top trade official more calmly downplayed the dispute. — Bill Barrow, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026 Cheng Chia Huang/Getty Images One of the richest men in Silicon Valley was handed a reason to panic and calmly dismissed it. — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for calmly

Adverb

The family’s dream home (a magazine-pristine and coolly atmospheric feat by production designer Alain Bainée) certainly looks solid, but proves quite permeable — beginning one morning when a gaping hole suddenly appears in the garden wall.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
As if to signal this iteration hasn’t completely deviated from its roots, in the show’s opening moments, Deborah Wayne coolly flicks the iconic flip-up frames made famous by Hardison’s Dwayne.

— Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of coolly

Adverb

Parton died peacefully last week, her nephew Bryan Seaver announced in a news release shared with The Times.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
After all, their eventual conversation about kids with Samir’s girlfriend takes place while Issa is peacefully tied up in a chair.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of peacefully

Adverb

Nestled serenely in northern South Dakota on Native American land and surrounded by livestock and crops as far as the eye can see, Timber Lake is a ranching community with two pumps serving regular gas and no stoplights.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The cumulative impression of Alice that the book leaves is of someone moving serenely through life, meeting fond blessings and awful curses both with the same calm equanimity.

— Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of serenely

Adverb

The waters of a continent – west from the Rockies and east from the Appalachians – pour into it, sometimes violently, sometimes placidly.

— Alfredo Sosa, Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2026
Nature is no big deal in Cristian Mungiu‘s superb new drama of systemic order and individual disarray, which takes in the sprawling waters and monochrome mountainscapes of the region with a placidly appreciative eye.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 May 2026